I’m not up yet. I wrote this on Friday, before Daylight Savings Time robbed me of a precious hour. When I do get up, I will be tired — and probably unable to string more than a couple of thoughts together at a time. My favorite day of the year is the day we Fall Back. Getting an extra hour puts me in a wonderful mood, because no matter how late I am...
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The social circuit in suburbia includes a number of sales parties: for housewares, jewelry — and sex toys. Another in a series of old blog posts I’m re-publishing in honor of my 9/10’s of a decade writing SoCal Mom. This one is from February, 2009. It has been slightly revised. We’d been talking about having a Girls Night Out for a while, so...
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Yesterday was awesome: I awoke early, I was able to get right to work and I managed to cross several items off my to-do list. I cannot remember the last time I had a day like that, and I expected to keep it up today. It didn’t happen. As is often the case, I got sidetracked. During the Wednesday MOMocrats podcast, my friend Karoli said something that begged to...
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We are voting for LA’s Mayor on Tuesday. Find your polling place here. My daughter couldn’t wait to show us the YouTube video they discussed in her AP US History class last week. “It’s hilarious,” she said. You know what’s not hilarious? We’re having an election in Los Angeles next week, and this guy is the Republican...
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I have not been writing much. I blame tax season: it is just one more big task I have to juggle between all the other big tasks on my to-do list. I could handle any one — or maybe two — and do them well. If only I could focus on one at a time. These days, my biggest goal in life is to pare that list down to something I can reasonably manage. In the...
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